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5 10 15 20 25 30 35 25 Epilogue: Back home Camp is over and I am back home. Everything seems strange. Even the fact that I am sad (“nostalgic” my mother says) and happy (my mother agrees on this term) at the same time. I am writing this story alone in my room. The last days of camp were really exciting. Everything happened very quickly: preparing the show, the actual play, when the older kids came back from the mountains and told us about their adventures there, the football tournament, and Elena pretending she had caught a cold. On the last day, the mayor came to say goodbye, and thanked us for our hard work in the play. He even said that if we came back next year, we could do it in the patio. I am not sure whether he was joking or if he really thought they could change their tradition. Pedro and his uncle also came to say goodbye and they said that we had been very convincing in the play. Apparently, the people in the vil- lage were still discussing the situation with the dam. Maite was very proud of us. She said she loved the way we had worked together and the way we had all contributed to the group. She said we had all contributed and learned something from the group. And what else? Well, on the way back on the bus, José did not ask me to sit next to him. I did not ask him either. We simply sat next to each other because it seemed the natural thing to do now that we are such good friends.